Kolbert, Elizabeth. <br/><br/>
The sixth extinction :  an unnatural history / 
Elizabeth Kolbert. 
 - 1st edeition 
 - New York, NY :  Bloomsbury publishing ,  c2014. 
 - 319 p.  :  ill. ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> I. The Sixth Extinction<br/>II. The Mastodon's Molars<br/>III. The Original Pengiun<br/>IV. The Lucky of the Ammonites <br/>V. Welcome to the Anthropocene<br/>VI. The Sea around Us <br/>VII. Droping Acid<br/>VIII.The Forest and the Trees<br/>IX.  Islands on Dry Land <br/>X. The new Pangaea<br/>XI. The Rhino gets an Ultrasound <br/>XII. The madness Gene<br/>XIII. The Thing with Feathers<br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes Index : p. 307-319 
<br/><br/>Read by Anne Twomey ; with a prologue by the author. 
<br/><br/> Over the past half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. In prose that is at once frank, entertaining and deeply informed, Elizabeth Kolbert provides an account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of humanity's understanding of extinction from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through Lyell and Darwin and on to the present day. Kolbert shows that the sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781408851210 9781408851227 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass extinctions.<br/>Extinction (Biology)<br/>Environmental disasters.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Audiobooks.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SDC 36342 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576.84  / KOL